Wallington County Grammar School – has not met the selective

[Hab]

My son has invited for second stage for Wilson and Sutton grammer but couldnt achieve for Wallington. I am very disappoitned as there are very less chances for Wilson's and SGS now

Is there any hope now

[sonnyash]

Don't give up hope, we are in the same situation. Sutton's bar must be set lower than Wallington. My DS is an October baby and we are out of catchment, I don't know if this makes an impact on the result we just received. Lack of confidence in securing Wallington does make your heart sink, but now all efforts will have to be put into the Sutton/Wilson 2nd stage on the 28th.

[Oneoftwothings]

I have just posted some thoughts on this on the other thread. I suspect it could be a case of SGS and Wilson’s lowering the boundary, perhaps because of COVID to give lots on similar scores more of a chance to show what they can do in the second round. Wallington does usually use their applicant list to very near their boundary, therefore it wouldn’t make sense to raise their boundary. I’m speculating though, obviously.

[Gabriel]

is that possible wallington set criteria for each subject?

[Oneoftwothings]

Don't give up hope, we are in the same situation. Sutton's bar must be set lower than Wallington. My DS is an October baby and we are out of catchment, I don't know if this makes an impact on the result we just received. Lack of confidence in securing Wallington does make your heart sink, but now all efforts will have to be put into the Sutton/Wilson 2nd stage on the 28th.

There would have been a slight age standardisation adjustment, but catchment doesn’t come into play in the scores.

[bridge]

The SET pass mark has always been higher for Wallington than SGS or Wilson. There's probably older threads discussing this.

[Hab]

what is the weightage formula for Wilsons and SGS for final score? Means how much weightage they give it to first stage. I cant see such thing in thier websites

[LdS]

I think this link may help on the weighting

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[Oneoftwothings]

what is the weightage formula for Wilsons and SGS for final score? Means how much weightage they give it to first stage. I cant see such thing in thier websites

From memory, Wilson’s do 1:2:2 and SGS do 2:2:3:3. So 80% still to come for Wilson’s and 60% for SGS.

[worriedmum2017]

My son has invited for second stage for Wilson and Sutton grammer but couldnt achieve for Wallington. I am very disappoitned as there are very less chances for Wilson's and SGS now

Is there any hope now

Hi Hab,
congratulations for getting the invitation for the second stage. Please do not feel disappointed as he has still got a very good chance for both the schools. Wilson's only consider 10% of the the first stage and SGS 20%. They both are very much reliant on the second stage marking. So all the best for the next stage .Keep working hard for the coming 7/8 days and give your best shot. I am very much aware of few boys who had the same last couple of years but have got places in either Wilson's or Sutton as they did remarkably well in their second stage exam.
All the best!